Originally Posted by 116 Chambers
My reasoning for playing either Gonzaga, St. Mary's or Wichita state in Jan. or Feb. is to open up scheduling for another top RPI team in the OOC portion of the schedule. It also would give us a game against good competition during those down stretches in A-10 play (heightened this year because so many A10 teams are down). This game would also benefit either of those 3 teams as well, since they are also in the same predicament we are in...
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But we only have so many OOC games, it doesn't open up another game because we play a game in Jan or Feb. Also, both teams would have to know well in advance that they have the same openings during the conference schedule to make that happen. Many times the dates and the times for the conference schedule is not released until well after a major portion of the OCC schedule is done. The league schedules the conference games, we have no control over that.